A hundred years ago, it would have made no sense to wish somebody a “nice weekend”. There was no “hump day” to give colleagues a mid-week morale boost because there was no defined end to the working ...

SurveyMonkey was founded in 1999 and has established itself globally, from its base in California. It offers a digital platform that allows businesses to create online feedback surveys. More than ...

AI is transforming industries and redefining roles. But how do you bring your people on the journey when the pace of change is so fast? It’s a question I’m asked frequently – and at Virgin, we think ...

ConnexAI is an award-winning conversational AI platform that is heavily tipped to become the North’s next unicorn. Founded by brothers Nick and Richard Mealey, the firm discreetly rebranded from ...

Whenever anyone in a business hands in their notice or is off for an extended period (for example for sickness or parental leave) there is concern about the transfer of knowledge. In almost every role ...

When Hair Syrup founder Lucie Macloud first told her parents she planned to start selling hair oils, their response was swift. “They said, ‘you won’t be doing this under our roof’,” she recalls, ...

99% of the UK’s on-site construction workers are male. Of the women making up just 11% of the entire construction workforce, 87% are limited to desk, design and secretarial roles. These shocking ...

Established in 1998 by Richard Reed, Adam Balon and Jon Wright, Innocent Drinks started out selling smoothies at a music festival in London. From these beginnings, it has grown into a global ...

“If you pitched the idea of The Social Hub on Dragons’ Den, I think the Dragons would have a few questions,” says Abdul Eneser, with a wry smile. He is a final-year law student at the University of ...

The story of The Body Shop has never lacked for twists and turns. It was founded by an activist entrepreneur, Anita Roddick, who disliked the cosmetics industry and the business status quo in equal ...

In less than 10 years, founder and CEO Greg Jackson has powered Octopus Energy from plucky green start-up into the UK’s largest domestic energy supplier. There are now almost 13 million household ...

Nick Grey is the founder and owner of Gtech, which specialises in cordless household appliances. It started out with vacuum cleaners, but has since expanded into products including hedge trimmers, ...